Former detainee accused of returning to terrorism... didn't; he's a respected politician

By GottaLaff

Lies, lies, more lies... and then when those are used up, there is an abundance of even more lies:

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was named by the Pentagon as one of 74 former captives who returned to terrorism after being released has done no such thing.

Instead, he has returned to doing what he was really doing before being picked up by US forces and shuttled off to Gitmo for six years: Working as a politician, a tribal elder representing Afghanistan's Kunar province.

So says a new report from McClatchy Newspapers, which profiles Haji Sahib Rohullah Wakil, a tribal elder who regularly meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other government officials on behalf of the people of Kunar province.

Remember that time the Pentagon told us that one in sev-- well, read the next sentence:

In May, an unreleased Pentagon document was leaked to the press, alleging that one in seven released Gitmo detainees -- fully 74 individuals -- had returned to terrorism once freed.

Wrong.

And while the veracity of that claim was questioned, the leaked Pentagon document was still considered important in changing the Washington establishment's mind about President Obama's plan to shut down the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Shortly after the report made it to the press, Congressional Democrats voted to oppose funding, requested by President Obama, to shut down Guantanamo Bay.

Now, with the apparent confirmation that at least one of the people accused of terrorist recidivism is actually a respected Afghan government official, questions will likely arise about the accuracy of that Pentagon report, as well as the motivations behind its being released to the press.

We can't even fathom the amount of information that is hidden from us... and often for good reason. But when it's used to deceive, that's where we must draw the line... because it affects lives.

More and more is leaking out, more and more eyebrows are being raised, and more voices need to be heard.

I only hope that America is paying attention.